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Jersey Number 8
Dariel Djabome
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 237
- Hometown:
- Longueuil, Québec, Canada
- High School:
- Canada Prep Academy
- Major:
- Human Resource Management
2025 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Media)
2025 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2025 Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Team Captain
2024 Cornish Trophy Finalist
2024 All-ECAC Defense
2024 Academic All-Big Ten
2024 Third Team All-Big Ten (Media)
2024 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches)
2023 Academic All-Big Ten
NBC New York: Big hits and big dreams for Rutgers' top defender | Big Ten feature
Career: Played in 47 games with 25 starts at linebacker ... ended collegiate career playing in 34 consecutive games ... totaled 192 tackles with 13 for loss and 5.5 sacks ... had seven games with 10 or more stops ... added four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a pass breakup ... earned All-Big Ten recognition each of the past two years, including being named to the third team in 2024 ... a finalist for the 2024 Cornish Trophy, which honors the top Canadian in college football ... named All-ECAC ... a semifinalist for the 2025 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership ... saw action in two bowl games ... served as a team captain ... a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2025 (Senior): Started all 12 games at linebacker ... voted honorable mention All-Big Ten (12/3) by the media ... a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy (9/24), which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) for the third time ... placed second on the team with 71 tackles ... recorded at least five stops in eight games ... had 4.5 tackles-for-loss with two sacks ... added two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... collected six tackles with a sack for loss of 11 yards against Penn State (11/29) ... led the team with a season-high 10 tackles and a fumble recovery at No. 1 Ohio State (11/22) ... compiled seven tackles in win over Maryland (11/8) ... picked up seven stops with one for loss at Illinois (11/1) ... had four tackles in win at Purdue (10/25) ... in on four stops against No. 8 Oregon (10/18) ... collected seven tackles, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery at Washington (10/10) ... added eight stops at Minnesota (9/27) ... in on eight tackles versus Iowa (9/19) ... picked up a sack against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... posted five tackles versus Ohio (8/28) ... voted a team captain (8/25) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/28) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten by The Athletic (second team) (7/22), Athlon Sports (second team) (7/2) and Phil Steele (second team) (6/19).
2024 (Junior): Started all 13 games at linebacker ... voted Third Team All-Big Ten by the media and honorable mention by the coaches (12/3) ... selected as a finalist for the Cornish Trophy (12/19), which honors the top Canadian in college football ... selected to All-ECAC Defense (12/20) ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/12) for the second time ... first on the team with 105 tackles, the fifth-most in a season under head coach Greg Schiano ... ranked fifth in Big Ten with 8.1 tackles per game ... led the defense in tackles in seven games ... had five games in double figures with a career high of 14 stops twice ... also paced the unit with 7.5 tackles-for-loss ... posted 3.5 sacks ... added two forced fumbles and a pass breakup ... assisted on a sack in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... had a sack on seven tackles in victory at Michigan State (11/30) ... in on seven tackles with one for loss against No. 24 Illinois (11/23) ... picked up five stops in the win at Maryland (11/16) ... collected a career-high 14 tackles with three for loss and a sack in win over Minnesota (11/9) ... posted 10 tackles and a pass breakup versus UCLA (10/19) ... contributed 12 tackles with a forced fumble against Wisconsin (10/12) ... had a sack on eight stops at Nebraska (10/5) ... compiled a game-high 12 tackles in win over Washington (9/27) ... forced a fumble on five tackles at Virginia Tech (9/21) ... added five stops against Akron (9/7) ... posted a career-high 14 tackles in first collegiate start versus Howard (8/29).
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) ... totaled 15 tackles ... contributed two stops in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... recorded 10 tackles with one for loss versus Maryland (11/25) ... posted two tackles at No. 22 Iowa (11/11) ... in on a stop against Wagner (9/30).
2022 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games ... made a tackle versus No. 11 Penn State (11/19) ... made collegiate debut at Boston College (9/3).
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Andre Clarke at Canada Prep Academy in Ontario ... played linebacker and wide receiver during scholastic career ... also played at Ecole Secondaire Jacques-Rousseau High School prior to arrival at Canada Prep Academy ... a top 100 prospect by Canada Football Chat.
Personal: Brother, Rossini, played football at York College in Ontario and spent time in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Elks.
Major: Human Resource Management
2025 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2025 Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Team Captain
2024 Cornish Trophy Finalist
2024 All-ECAC Defense
2024 Academic All-Big Ten
2024 Third Team All-Big Ten (Media)
2024 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches)
2023 Academic All-Big Ten
NBC New York: Big hits and big dreams for Rutgers' top defender | Big Ten feature
Career: Played in 47 games with 25 starts at linebacker ... ended collegiate career playing in 34 consecutive games ... totaled 192 tackles with 13 for loss and 5.5 sacks ... had seven games with 10 or more stops ... added four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a pass breakup ... earned All-Big Ten recognition each of the past two years, including being named to the third team in 2024 ... a finalist for the 2024 Cornish Trophy, which honors the top Canadian in college football ... named All-ECAC ... a semifinalist for the 2025 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership ... saw action in two bowl games ... served as a team captain ... a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2025 (Senior): Started all 12 games at linebacker ... voted honorable mention All-Big Ten (12/3) by the media ... a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy (9/24), which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) for the third time ... placed second on the team with 71 tackles ... recorded at least five stops in eight games ... had 4.5 tackles-for-loss with two sacks ... added two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... collected six tackles with a sack for loss of 11 yards against Penn State (11/29) ... led the team with a season-high 10 tackles and a fumble recovery at No. 1 Ohio State (11/22) ... compiled seven tackles in win over Maryland (11/8) ... picked up seven stops with one for loss at Illinois (11/1) ... had four tackles in win at Purdue (10/25) ... in on four stops against No. 8 Oregon (10/18) ... collected seven tackles, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery at Washington (10/10) ... added eight stops at Minnesota (9/27) ... in on eight tackles versus Iowa (9/19) ... picked up a sack against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... posted five tackles versus Ohio (8/28) ... voted a team captain (8/25) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/28) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten by The Athletic (second team) (7/22), Athlon Sports (second team) (7/2) and Phil Steele (second team) (6/19).
2024 (Junior): Started all 13 games at linebacker ... voted Third Team All-Big Ten by the media and honorable mention by the coaches (12/3) ... selected as a finalist for the Cornish Trophy (12/19), which honors the top Canadian in college football ... selected to All-ECAC Defense (12/20) ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/12) for the second time ... first on the team with 105 tackles, the fifth-most in a season under head coach Greg Schiano ... ranked fifth in Big Ten with 8.1 tackles per game ... led the defense in tackles in seven games ... had five games in double figures with a career high of 14 stops twice ... also paced the unit with 7.5 tackles-for-loss ... posted 3.5 sacks ... added two forced fumbles and a pass breakup ... assisted on a sack in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... had a sack on seven tackles in victory at Michigan State (11/30) ... in on seven tackles with one for loss against No. 24 Illinois (11/23) ... picked up five stops in the win at Maryland (11/16) ... collected a career-high 14 tackles with three for loss and a sack in win over Minnesota (11/9) ... posted 10 tackles and a pass breakup versus UCLA (10/19) ... contributed 12 tackles with a forced fumble against Wisconsin (10/12) ... had a sack on eight stops at Nebraska (10/5) ... compiled a game-high 12 tackles in win over Washington (9/27) ... forced a fumble on five tackles at Virginia Tech (9/21) ... added five stops against Akron (9/7) ... posted a career-high 14 tackles in first collegiate start versus Howard (8/29).
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) ... totaled 15 tackles ... contributed two stops in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... recorded 10 tackles with one for loss versus Maryland (11/25) ... posted two tackles at No. 22 Iowa (11/11) ... in on a stop against Wagner (9/30).
2022 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games ... made a tackle versus No. 11 Penn State (11/19) ... made collegiate debut at Boston College (9/3).
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Andre Clarke at Canada Prep Academy in Ontario ... played linebacker and wide receiver during scholastic career ... also played at Ecole Secondaire Jacques-Rousseau High School prior to arrival at Canada Prep Academy ... a top 100 prospect by Canada Football Chat.
Personal: Brother, Rossini, played football at York College in Ontario and spent time in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Elks.
Major: Human Resource Management
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Thursday, February 12
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